There are only two types of games in this world: interactive and non-interactive. When is gaming going to advance enough so that it includes games that don't fall under the previous two categories? Obviously, it is difficult to include something outside the boundaries of "been done before," when the percetpion of the industry is so broad.
To some people the gaming industry is changing rapidly. A new weapon, more interesting character development, or increased realism may seem exciting and new to some people. It is all a matter of opinion.
--- There are only 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary and those who don't.
Linus always seems to have a great sense of humor. It's probably one of the reasons why so many people like him. (Cue the overlord jokes.)
I remember a funny article about about the real fathers of linux. Also, he has lots of good quotes His humor isn't limted to one liners becasue he has a book, too!
In the past, for up2date you had to register with the redhat network. It was a secure way of getting updates from a secure server. However, up2date is being phased out with yum, which is basically up2date with added features.
For example, yum can be set up with one of many mirrors . Where up2date only got updates from redhat's server.
I understand that there are many programs out there that use./configure make make install. But the LSB has already proposed a standardized package managment system to be used across distributions. This way the instalation of a program will be the same as windows: a double click of the rpm file.
However, after installation I believe that there are some issues about how the program should be made available to the user. This is an area that needs more standarization. Some add a directory to the GNOME/KDE menu. Other programs programs install a program to a directory in $PATH. Others don't make any chances and force the user to find the program and make changes accordingly.
In order to help linux make it to the desktop market, package management should eliminate the problem of. "Ok, the program is installed, what do I do next? How do I use it?" A possible extention is to enforce an additional "user discovery" such as a standardized start menu, a "most recently installed programs" directory, a unread README files, etc. etc.
The biggest concern about encrypted email, is that the powers-that-be know that you are sending an encrypted email. They can use that suspicion as a reason to monitor any other activities.
Something would really be useful is an encryption scheme that changes an English message into a another natural sounding English message. The key is that the new message would have an hidden encrypted message that is not detectable by tapping.
What happens when you work on code that is already licenced? Does the company own the code? I am assuming not.
I suggest before signing a contract. Write your own version of "helloWorld" and release it under GPL or the [Your Name] Full Ownership Licence(TM). Any work you do on the project afterword will only be an extention of the project, and will be against the law for the company to take the project from you.
I see my self as part of the new generation that uses ebooks for a number of reasons.
The biggest reason is that I can increase the font size at will, decreasing the stress on my eyes. Hopefully, I'll put off that laser surgey as long as possible.
Another reason is that there are many freely (as in speech and root beer) available books on the internet.
Also, if you take public transportation to work every day, the less weight and size to carry, the better! Slowly, I am seeing more and more people with their ipaq or axim reading their favorite ebook.
The lastest reason is that you can read slashdot! Do I need another reason?
I had a 3.75 from Penn State, but couldn't find a job. My lower GPA friends found jobs. Is it possible to do TOO well? Luckily, I had a fall back plan: graduate school.
- If you find your keyboard/mouse still don't work, edit the file
drivers/input/serio/i8042.c, and replace the #undef DEBUG
with a #define DEBUG, recompile and reinstall.
Sourceforge and Slashdot are both owned by VA Software Corp.
The microsoft empire will wallow below our open source empire. BUHAHAHHAHAHAH! Now, we just have to figure out how. *moves penguin figurines over a battle map* If we just attack right here...
In a capatilastic economy, only the two top companies survive, with one company appealing to the majority and one to the minority.
I am not really sure what mandrake does fundamentally different than Redhat. Both are easy to install, appeal to the new user, and have lots of packages.
Correct me if i am wrong but, mandrake realized that it stopped offering anything new when it has to resort to including the bleeding edge packages in its releases, with obvious problems such as not being able to detect a usb keyboard on install. Plus, when mandrake releases a new beta version every couple of weeks, it shows that the company is looking for media attention, not the attention of a excellent product.
I think unless mandrake shifts its target market (newbies are now everyone's target) they won't survive.
A possible alternative market for mandrake could be laptops. Mandrake already has strenght in hardware detection. If only mandrake could recognize my winmodem,read my battery, and allow the computer to go to low-power modes. I'd be set. The laptop market is fundamentally different than redhat's market which is workstations/servers. Mandrake already appeals to the community with the Mandrake Club. So it wouldn't be a large shift to target laptops.
If someone is producing good quality whatever in good quantities, then it should be absolutely irrelevant if they are playing computer chess while chatting with their buddies about D&D. If, on the other hand, someone isn't producing, then it shouldn't matter that they put in 60 hour weeks (as is usually the case with non-producers: Martyrdom through incompetence), and that they sit starting hardcore at code from 8am until 6pm every day, they should be moved to a different job, or ultimately fired.
Good point. There are two problems tho.
First problem: What if someone would be producing good code but doesn't because his coworkers keep messaging him with mostly irrelevant information?
Does he get fired because the actions of his co-workers? Keep in mind, he doesn't want to piss off his coworkers either, because he could be fired on performance reviews.
Second problem: Suppose the worker would be producing good code if he wan't tempted to check on his wife and family.
Slashdot Mirror
There are only two types of games in this world: interactive and non-interactive. When is gaming going to advance enough so that it includes games that don't fall under the previous two categories? Obviously, it is difficult to include something outside the boundaries of "been done before," when the percetpion of the industry is so broad.
To some people the gaming industry is changing rapidly. A new weapon, more interesting character development, or increased realism may seem exciting and new to some people. It is all a matter of opinion.
---
There are only 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary and those who don't.
Linus always seems to have a great sense of humor. It's probably one of the reasons why so many people like him. (Cue the overlord jokes.)
I remember a funny article about about the real fathers of linux. Also, he has lots of good quotes
His humor isn't limted to one liners becasue he has a book, too!
In the past, for up2date you had to register with the redhat network. It was a secure way of getting updates from a secure server. However, up2date is being phased out with yum, which is basically up2date with added features.
For example, yum can be set up with one of many mirrors . Where up2date only got updates from redhat's server.
Microsoft tried a related split up. However, they couldn't find a way seperate the Internet Explorer from Windows.
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This was a lame attempt to be funny.
I understand that there are many programs out there that use ./configure make make install. But the LSB has already proposed a standardized package managment system to be used across distributions.
This way the instalation of a program will be the same as windows: a double click of the rpm file.
However, after installation I believe that there are some issues about how the program should be made available to the user. This is an area that needs more standarization.
Some add a directory to the GNOME/KDE menu.
Other programs programs install a program to a directory in $PATH. Others don't make any chances and force the user to find the program and make changes accordingly.
In order to help linux make it to the desktop market, package management should eliminate the problem of. "Ok, the program is installed, what do I do next? How do I use it?" A possible extention is to enforce an additional "user discovery" such as a standardized start menu, a "most recently installed programs" directory, a unread README files, etc. etc.
The biggest concern about encrypted email, is that the powers-that-be know that you are sending an encrypted email. They can use that suspicion as a reason to monitor any other activities.
Something would really be useful is an encryption scheme that changes an English message into a another natural sounding English message. The key is that the new message would have an hidden encrypted message that is not detectable by tapping.
casue there were no replies.
First there is poor eyesight and now internet addiction? Are there any slashdotters reading this that are fit-to-serve?
What happens when you work on code that is already licenced? Does the company own the code? I am assuming not.
I suggest before signing a contract. Write your own version of "helloWorld" and release it under GPL or the [Your Name] Full Ownership Licence(TM). Any work you do on the project afterword will only be an extention of the project, and will be against the law for the company to take the project from you.
I see my self as part of the new generation that uses ebooks for a number of reasons.
The biggest reason is that I can increase the font size at will, decreasing the stress on my eyes. Hopefully, I'll put off that laser surgey as long as possible.
Another reason is that there are many freely (as in speech and root beer) available books on the internet.
Also, if you take public transportation to work every day, the less weight and size to carry, the better! Slowly, I am seeing more and more people with their ipaq or axim reading their favorite ebook.
The lastest reason is that you can read slashdot! Do I need another reason?
Box torrents
I um.. only heard this from a friend tho. It isn't like i go there every day or anything.
!male may also mean that the two "exceptions" are she-males. :-O
I had a 3.75 from Penn State, but couldn't find a job. My lower GPA friends found jobs. Is it possible to do TOO well? Luckily, I had a fall back plan: graduate school.
'Rather than being round, nuclei in that region and beyond could contain bubbles and have strange doughnut-like shapes'.
Real Doughnuts (TM)! Who would have thought that the tasty 'O' of glazed goodness would have been higher form of matter?
Or maybe the intern shouldn't have put breakfast so close to the microscope....
___
Awaiting the "In Russia, the scientists discover you" jokes any minute now.
indie outsourcing. *har-har*
- If you find your keyboard/mouse still don't work, edit the file
drivers/input/serio/i8042.c, and replace the #undef DEBUG
with a #define DEBUG, recompile and reinstall.
The best line from the haloween docs.
Sourceforge and Slashdot are both owned by VA Software Corp.
The microsoft empire will wallow below our open source empire. BUHAHAHHAHAHAH! Now, we just have to figure out how. *moves penguin figurines over a battle map* If we just attack right here...
Kinda just like jesus, this friday.
In Soviet Russia the LCD are replaced with CRT!!
(and the anti-michael posts are modded up!)
Sure it is!!
Red: 0 Blue: 0 Green: 0
Oh no!! not only is my cpu obsolete so is my monitor!! Next time i am buying a laptop.
I guess conservatives are not good at blaming others (countries) for their problems.
In a capatilastic economy, only the two top companies survive, with one company appealing to the majority and one to the minority.
I am not really sure what mandrake does fundamentally different than Redhat. Both are easy to install, appeal to the new user, and have lots of packages.
Correct me if i am wrong but, mandrake realized that it stopped offering anything new when it has to resort to including the bleeding edge packages in its releases, with obvious problems such as not being able to detect a usb keyboard on install. Plus, when mandrake releases a new beta version every couple of weeks, it shows that the company is looking for media attention, not the attention of a excellent product.
I think unless mandrake shifts its target market (newbies are now everyone's target) they won't survive.
A possible alternative market for mandrake could be laptops. Mandrake already has strenght in hardware detection. If only mandrake could recognize my winmodem,read my battery, and allow the computer to go to low-power modes. I'd be set. The laptop market is fundamentally different than redhat's market which is workstations/servers. Mandrake already appeals to the community with the Mandrake Club. So it wouldn't be a large shift to target laptops.
However, there's nothing cheaper, easier, and faster to make than something already programmed, so go look for it.
If someone is producing good quality whatever in good quantities, then it should be absolutely irrelevant if they are playing computer chess while chatting with their buddies about D&D. If, on the other hand, someone isn't producing, then it shouldn't matter that they put in 60 hour weeks (as is usually the case with non-producers: Martyrdom through incompetence), and that they sit starting hardcore at code from 8am until 6pm every day, they should be moved to a different job, or ultimately fired.
Good point. There are two problems tho.
First problem:
What if someone would be producing good code but doesn't because his coworkers keep messaging him with mostly irrelevant information?
Does he get fired because the actions of his co-workers? Keep in mind, he doesn't want to piss off his coworkers either, because he could be fired on performance reviews.
Second problem:
Suppose the worker would be producing good code if he wan't tempted to check on his wife and family.